Brewer's blackbird

Brewer's blackbird
/brooh"euhrz/
a blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, of the U.S., the male of which has greenish-black plumage with a purplish-black head.
[1855-60, Amer.; named after Thomas M. Brewer (1814-80), American ornithologist]

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